The Knicks are so bad it's contagious.I don't think there are five teams in the league the Clippers could've beaten tonight, but the Knicks are one of them.I forgot to set the Tivo before leaving for the game, and I've never been so grateful for my negligence.Can you imagine slogging through any portion of this game again?The number of misses – on both sides – from inside of ten feet was hellacious.

Some notes:

One of the reasons we can attribute to Kaman's ascension this season is that he's learning how to spin away from double-teams.Basically, help defenders from the perimeter or weak side have been moving off their men to double low on Chris.But he's been anticipating the double-team -- quickly and decisively spinning baseline, or splitting the defenders before the help guy can fully trap him.At times tonight, Chris reverted by waiting too long to move toward the basket or pass out.

Welcome to life without Elton Brand. The Clippers continue to get pounded on the offensive glass, as the Knicks grabbed 18 offensive boards. This tends to happen when your starting power forward records only 4 defensive rebounds in 34 minutes. Isn't it funny how strong defensive rebounding is one of those things you take for granted as a fan?For all the aggravation the Clippers have subjected you to over the past several years, you've never had to clinch your teeth at watching the opponent rack up second-chance points.It's excruciating.

For all his failings, Stephon Marbury still has one of the nastiest crossovers in the business.The rest of his game is stunted and he's become puerile and decidedly uninteresting, $20 shoes aside.

Cuttino Mobley didn't look 100% and you could see it in his post game.He couldn't execute that spin move off his defender to the hole.

The Clippers sagged all night and their crappy defensive rotation left the Knicks with repeated opportunities on the arc.Fortunately for the Clips, the Knicks went 1-13 in 3PA.A good number of those were uncontested, most notably the wide open Marbury attempt with 0:44 remaining from the left corner that would've given New York a one-point lead.

You can't overstate just how horrible Zach Randolph is defensively, and how little he seems to care.

The silver lining here was that the Clips got their share of good looks.I'd rather they see the basket and not finish than not get the shots at all.

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No doubt the wave needs to stop. Every time that starts up, I feel like I'm at a minor league baseball game in Kentucky or Riverside. There's nothing that says TOOL that doesn't get out of the house much than the wave, people.

The real difference between NYK and LAC is that look at Cat Mo - taking one for the team. He was out there competing and making a difference; possibility sacrificing his own health for the good of the TEAM. LAC will go far with this TEAM first attitude.

that was the ugliest win i've ever seen. i'm curious as to how many lay-ups we missed, especially the uncontested one's, like corey's when there was nobody around him (yet the knicks of course still got the rebound).

fortunately golden state will be without Stephen Jackson again on Friday. hopefully we can keep them winless, but our shooting percentage will have to rise cause we shot well the first time we played them.

Stat sheets are so misleading. Corey Magg played one of his worst games i've ever seen. Only 4 TO on the stat sheet? are you kidding? he couldnt dribble, took at least 6 really, really bad shots (1 went in), didnt grab the ball at the end of the game that could have sealed the deal... just seemed clueless. He was the main reason the clipps gave up their 16 point lead. Garbage...

It seems Clipper Darryl starts that stupid wave while the Clippers are Shooting Free Throwshalf the time and he should learn some new dance moves. It is interesting to see the Big Man Kaman, keep throwing the ball back to the ref's until he was ready. At one point a certain ref was getting ticked off. How about some "MVP's" for the Kaveman!!!!

maggette almost cost us the w tonight. tim thomas cost us the w vs the cavs. dunleavy nees to manage these guys minutes better, especially if they're not doing what they're on the floor to do (maggette get to the line, thomas shooting 3 balls).

the knicks sneak up on teams like they almost did to us, i've seen a lot of top teams get beat by the knicks in come-back situations like the one we survived tonight.

I liked what Mike Seimens said in the post game report on 710AM. He noted that this was actually a good game, in terms of the Clippers "fighting a battle" to win a game, a game, which in all honesty, would have probably been lost last year.

I think we all acknowledge the fact that the play, in general, was pretty ugly, but the fact that the Clips were able play ugly, and pull out a victory, will probably play out much better in the locker room than we may know as the spectator.

Games like the one v. the Knicks ... a game that most probably would have been lost in the last minutes last year, was won last night through sheer cajones and determination (especially through Cat Mo).

Regardless, a win is a win. I'll take this one even if my seats were in the 300 section...

I second and third the motion to eliminate the WAVE. It is utterly ridiculous to do at a basketball game, and especially when your team is squandering a lead. Please people, pull your head out and get into the game. No WAVE in 2007-08.

Mr. Convenient, first off, I sit in section 103, row 6 seats 5 and 6- feel free to come and speak to me about anything I may have to say that you may disagree with, buddy.

Next, this is a blog, and people speak their OPINIONS in blogs. Some of us are just smarter than others, and most of us have more intelligent things to say than you do- and sometimes we post them here dude.

Lastly, since you brought it up and in case you were wondering, when not at Staples in my seats I watch my 50" plasma. I find it mighty convenient.

People, the team is doing whatever needs to be done for a W. Actually I was happy to see that Dunleavy tried somthing different by bringing in Aarron Williams, those few minutes he played he gave it his all. We are always quick to trash Dunleavy, but people let's give him props when he does a good job too. In Kevin previous comments he shared with us how Dunleavy is always trying to create the right matchups.

Kaman, has been huge and we need to keep supporting him. I'm hoping that for the next home game Kaman is introduce last, because as of right now he is OUR MVP!!!!!

kaman and mobley are the highlights of the season thus far. i was at the knicks game and one thing caught my eye.

no one on the clips looked like they were having fun. kaman despite his statistical success seems to be in his own world. he hardly talks to any of the guys and in some instances ignores them, like after one play in the second half, in which he threw a horrible pass out of a double team. there was a time out called and when cassell tried to speak with him, chris didn't even look his way. that's just one instance but i felt it throughout the entire game. is it just cuz this year's clips are a older bunch? or am i just trippin?

Kaman I believe has ADHD and he does not take medication for it because it affects his play. So if it looks like he is spaced out, he probably is but it is something he has always struggled with and is working on. I think he actually has improved from before.

In terms of having fun (I didn't watch the game), it is a lot easier to have fun when you are playing well. And as noted in the comments, this was not a well-played game. I think in the Indiana game, they looked like they were having fun.

There's too much coaching on & off the court in Clipperland. That's not necessarry. Kaman has right to ignore his teammates if they appear to coach him on the court. That's not appropriate. Kaman doesn't want viewers to assume, that he is still learning. Kaman wants his teammates to trust him & forget when he makes mistakes.

Good defense by the New York Knicks drama boys, if only we could patch up the difference, this will be a New York good season. They are running, switching in defense, rebounding see those efforts. We don't have yet the Knicks team down.

I which I could see some Knicks games live. I was looking for tickets all the good seats on ticketmaster were taken I had to check broker. And man you don’t want to do that especially for the New York Knicks. Thanks god there sites like Ticketwood which work as comparators here is the site
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I like slam dunks that take me to the hoop my favorite play is the ally-hoop,
I like the pic n roll,i like the given goal its basketball yo, yo lets go!
Go Knicks Go!!!